First Day of School!

Madilyn and Alyssa have started school. Their first day was August 3rd. Madie was so excited to start 2nd grade. Aly on the other hand was nervous to start Kindergarten. She was excited that morning....but when we got to the school she started to cry just a little. She told me that she wanted to go home and did not want me to leave her. I have to admit that it was a little scary. The place was packed with parents all taking their children to their classrooms. I took Aly to her classroom and we found her desk and met her new teacher, Mrs. Cole. I showed her some things around the room and she started to calm down a bit. I stayed for only a few minutes and then when I told her that I had to go she said OK. When I left the classroom I looked back and she was at her desk playing with a puzzle. I had to hold back my tears as I walked out. I just can't believe that Aly is old enough to start school. When I picked them up that day, they both said that they loved school!

7 month old Belle!

Isabelle still continues to be the best baby ever! She finally learned how to sit up on her own and roll over. She has even started this week with eating food. Yeah! She loves bananas! She is content to sit on the floor and play with her toys and watch her big brother and sisters play! Of course they love to play with her too! Oh yeah, she also this week has gotten two teeth. She is just so sweet!

I just had to put these pictures on here from Aly's dance recital. She had a ballet dance and a tumbling routine. She was awesome! She had so much fun and loved getting her trophy which she shows off to anyone she can!

My Bradley Boy!

Bradley is 2 1/2 and he is so full of energy. He loves to laugh and smile. He is such a lovable little boy. He also likes to get into trouble and test me all the time. We are just starting to potty train. He is doing pretty well. I am lucky that he is motivated by stickers so that's pretty easy! I can't believe that he is not a little baby anymore....he actually looks like a little BOY! He definitely acts like one too!

Aly Sue!

My Aly Girl is 4 (almost 5) and she will be starting Kindergarten on Monday. I just can't believe it. It makes me want to cry to think about it. I don't know what I am going to do without her here at home with me. Aly has such an outgoing personality. Once she gets over her separation anxiety, she wants to be the star of the show! She loves to dance and I think that she is pretty great at moving and shaking! She loves to laugh and smile and is one of the cutest little girls ever! Aly has so much love to give. She tells us everyday that she loves us and she has to give Nate a hug and a kiss every morning before he leaves for work. She always gives Nate a hug and says, "I love you so much Daddy!" Mommy and Daddy love you so much, Aly!

My Madie Girl!

Look at Madilyn! My sister-in-law, Sara, took the cutest pictures of my kids at the Sand Dunes in Idaho Falls. Madie is just growing up so fast.Can you believe that she is only 7 (almost 8)! She is such a good kid. She helps me so much around the house. She especially helps me to take care of Isabelle. Hopefully she won't grow up to say that she raised her younger brothers and sisters because I don't ask her to...she just does it. I love her so much.

6 months!

Isabelle turned 6 months old when we were on our summer vacation in Idaho! As I did with Madilyn and Alyssa, we went and got her ears pierced! She only cried for a second and then she stuck her two fingers in her mouth and was fine! Gotta love those self-soothers!

Hello Again!

OK so I really want to get back to this blog. I know that it has been 4 months since my last posting, but I have decided that even if no one reads this....I really want to post for myself. I need to write things down about my kids before I forget them. So for those of you that do check this page, I will be posting much more often! I hope you enjoy!

Isabelle 3 Months old

Isabelle is now 3 months old! Time seems to be going by so fast! She is a very happy baby. She has started to really laugh now. She is ticklish around her neck and will laugh at that. She loves to just watch her sisters and brother. Although, her brother, Bradley, is starting to be pretty rough with her. We have to keep our eyes on him all the time. She is still a really good sleeper. She sleeps through the night and is just starting to get big for the bassinet. But I am not ready to move her out of my room yet. Here is just a picture of her so you can all see how big she is getting!

Isabelle 2 Months Old

Wow! The time has been going by so fast. Isabelle is already two months old. She is getting so big and she is such a great baby!!! She is so cute and is smiling and even starting to laugh now. Here are a few pictures of her. We are just so happy that she is in our family!

One Month Old

Isabelle is officially one month old yesterday! I can't believe how big she is already. She is so much more awake these days! She loves to look around at everything that is going on around her, which is usually alot with her three other siblings running around! She sleeps great at night. She usually only wakes up once around 3 or 4 am and eats and goes back to bed. If we ever have any trouble getting her to sleep we just put her in her bouncy seat and it vibrates her to sleep. It's great!

My sister, Stephanie and her little boy, Dominik came to visit Isabelle. We had a great time while they were here and I was very sad when they had to go home. But my sister was here for my Birthday. We had a fun girls night out and Nathan stayed home with all the kids. I am 30!!! I can't believe it!

Pretty Baby!!

These are a couple of the pictures that I put on Isabelle's baby announcement. I wasn't able to send them out to everyone so I thought I would put them on here. Isabelle is such a good baby. She doesn't cry very loud at all. She's gonna have to be louder if she wants to make it as the fourth child in this family:)

Isabelle Lynn Ball

December 18, 2008

Isabelle is Here!!! She was born at 1:57 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long!!! The delivery at the hospital went just great! Probably my easiest one yet!:) We do wish that we could have had more family with us. I had Nathan and Emily in the room with me and it was very nice. She is a great baby and has been doing pretty well at night. The first two nights home were not so good. She was up almost all night. But since then she has been doing much better, letting her mommy get some sleep. Her big sisters and brother love her so much and we are just so glad that she is in our family!!!

Bradley's Mess

Bradley was having lots of fun in the kitchen! He decided to play in the butter! What a mess!

Our Trip to Florida!

Nathan was able to take off four days and so we decided to drive down to Florida to see my sister and brother. We had a great time! I hung out with my sister, Stephanie, while we let our kids play all day. Nathan had a great day of fishing on the ocean. He caught his biggest fish yet! He was so excited. It will be hard to top that day now!!! It was just nice to be with family.

Happy Birthday Bradley!

On November 5th, Bradley turned 2 years old!!! Can you believe it? He is becoming such a big boy! He loved his cake and ice cream and then had fun opening his presents. All he loves right now is Cars, Cars, Cars!!! He played all night with his new cars and really did try to share with his cousin and siblings. Hey it's his Birthday!!!

October Festivites!

We have done so much this month and it's not even Halloween yet!! We've gone to many events in the community like Halloween in the Park. The kids really enjoyed that. We went to a very cool Pumpkin Farm. We went on a hay ride and the kids went through a hay maze. They loved petting all the farm animals. Bradley especially loved it. Then of course they picked out pumpkins. Then we also went to Trunk or Treat at church. It was very cold outside but the kids had fun! We hope you enjoy just a few of the pictures.

Crazy Eyes!

While getting out Halloween Decorations, these glasses were found. Of course everyone had to try them on and get their picture taken!

Bradley's New Bed

Bradley has actually had this bed for awhile, but he does not want to sleep in it. But for some reason this particular day, he said he wanted to take his nap in the bed. I just had to take a picture of him because it probably won't happen again for awhile. He just loves his crib still! There's no rush, I won't need that crib for another five months at least, so we will slowly move him into his bed. We'll see....

Movie in the Park

Last weekend, I took the kids to the park where there was lots of fun activities for the children. First, they had their faces painted. Bradley had his arm painted with a spider! Then we got a pumpkin and the girls painted and decorated it. Then they played, "It's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" in the park. We sat and watched the movie. Bradley loved it. He just laughed and laughed! Then we went on a scavenger hunt for pumpkins. It really was alot of fun!